JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 17 — The number of flood victims in Segamat remains at 74 people from 22 families as at 8 am today.Johor Health and Environment Committee chairman R.Vidyananthan said they are from Kampung Kebangsaan Gemereh and are at a relief centr…

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — A total of 9,364,326 individuals or 40 per cent of the adult population in the country has received the COVID-19 booster dose as of yesterday.According to the Ministry of Health’s COVIDNOW portal, 145,922 booster shots were adm…

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will provide transit houses to the two families whose houses were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a public housing (PA) flat in Setapak Jaya here, by tomorrow at the latest. City Mayor Dat…

KANGAR, Jan 17 — A housewife, here, is having her hands full to prepare up to two tonnes of pekasam or fermented fish to meet the high demand for the products, especially ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan.Wan Mastura Megat, 36, said it has become …

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 17 — The Lang Tengah Turtle Watch (LTTW) is organising the 2022 Turtle Nest Adoption Campaign to raise public awareness not to consume turtle eggs and to boycott its sale in the market.LTTW Field Project manager Yasmin Rizal said…

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 17 — The government has allocated RM680 million for the Price Standardisation, Price Stabilisation and General Use Flour Subsidy programmes this year, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Lin…

SEPANG, Jan 17 — The floods which struck 50 districts in the country last month have caused an estimated loss of between RM5.3 billion and RM6.5 billion, according to the Statistics Department (DOSM).Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Econo…

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — A briefing to decide the actual date for the country’s transition to the endemic phase will be held next week during the COVID-19 quartet ministerial meeting.Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the brief…

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17 — The e-testing system, which measures a candidate’s performance via an electronic driving test and generates the test result in real-time will be launched in April, said Road Transport Department (JPJ) director-general Datuk Zailani…

PHUKET, Jan 16 — Malaysia has done well in its role as the facilitator to the peace talks in ending the armed conflict in south Thailand, says chief negotiator of the Thai side General Wanlop Rugsanaoh.“For the past two years, I have been working as t…